| Show THE MANTI HERALD AND SANPETE ADVERTISER Conrad Frischknecht 12225 Shady Wood LaneW Tacoma WA 98498 First Senior Honorable Citizen Mention Division Historical Essay THE MANTI HERALD AND SANPETE ADVERTISER Robinson Blitor and Publisher January 31 1867 No Vol The above is the masthead of what probably was Mantifirst newspaper It preceded JakemanManti Sentinel by 18 years It may also have been the first newspaper in Sanpete County Under date of March 20 1867 the editor of the Herald tells of having receivedcopy of the first issue of the Sanpitcher published by David Candland at Mt Pleasant The Manti Herald consisted of three ruled columns onsingle sheet of writing paper At first only one side of the paper was used In later issues the ads appeared on the reverse side There is no knowledge ofprinting press in Sanpete at that early date Cecil Alter in his Early Jourmalism in Utah refers to the Manti Herald as manuscript written by hand and printed by pen and ink what 1t appears to be The best way to become acquainted read it It is the aim of this paper the writer in order to maximize space following quotes preserve spelling punctuation of the original That is exactly withpaper is to to minimize comment by for quotations ALl capitalization and BY TELEGRAPH -oGL City 31 Judge Peacock is detalned here by sickness Wn Hooper is nominated for Representative to Congress for the State of Deseret newspaper BY TELEGRAPH -0Waters safe lished still Provo 17th high but bridges stillferry has been estabat Spanish Fork Bridge there all right |
